D.C. Watch: More on EPA’s new RFS proposal
The EPA’s new proposed 2014 rule for the RFS sets large volumes of biofuel use across several broad categories of fuel types but represents a significant reduction in mandated volumes from legislated...
View ArticleShort- and long-term implications of the RFS waiver
The rumors are true. The Environmental Protection Agency has announced formally its plan to reduce minimum biofuel volumes for 2014, which roughly match the levels in a leaked October memo.
View ArticleEPA’s proposed rule to reduce the Renewable Fuel Standard
I am glad to be back visiting in Washington, D.C. It is an honor for me to testify on behalf of NCBA before EPA regarding the proposed rule to reduce the 2014 renewable volume obligations under the...
View ArticleEPA gets earful on RFS proposal
Nearly 150 individuals, ranging from federal and state elected officials to representatives from organizations representing agriculture, oil, renewable fuel, and the environment, and private citizens...
View ArticleWill the EPA reverse itself regarding the renewable mandate?
The EPA announced preliminary RFS rulemaking for 2014 on November 15, 2013, and the proposal signaled a significant shift in EPA policy.
View ArticleNational Farmers Union asks EPA to stay the course on RFS
In a recent op-ed published in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, National Farmers Union (NFU) President Roger Johnson called for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to stay the course and not...
View ArticleRFS standards a ‘serious disappointment’
National Farmers Union (NFU) President Roger Johnson called the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) announcement today that the 2014 Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) volume targets would not be...
View ArticleNFU hopeful on release of RFS timeline
National Farmers Union (NFU) President Roger Johnson said today that he was hopeful the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) timeline for releasing Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) target levels...
View ArticleEPA proposes RFS targets
The Environmental Protection Agency on Friday, May 29, proposed what the agency called an “ambitious yet responsible” plan for volume requirements under the Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS) for years...
View ArticleMeat of the Matter: Are we burned out on ethanol?
If you’re a producer, a food processor or a consumer, the answer ought to be resounding ‘Yes!’ But thanks to political necessities, a bad idea that has failed miserably will live on in 2016.
View ArticleEvery presidential candidate's position on ethanol
Agriculture has not provided many hot-button issues for the candidates of the 2016 presidential election to discuss – with one exception. Because the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) is oft-argued, and...
View ArticleTrump Faces Dilemma as U.S. Oil Reels from Record Biofuels Targets
The Obama administration signed its final plan for renewable fuel use in the United States last week, leaving an oil industry reeling from the most aggressive biofuel targets yet as President-elect...
View ArticleIn Trump Freeze, U.S. Agencies Delay Rules Affecting Farm Towns
The Environmental Protection Agency will delay implementation of the Renewable Fuels Standard and the Agriculture Department will pause rules affecting livestock as part of a freeze on regulations...
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